In the beginning of my book, Jewish Self-Hatred: The Enemy Within – An Overview of Jewish Antisemitism, I explained how the Jewish people harbor both of the two opposing forces in nature, the altruistic force and the selfish force, which, if…
Dr. Michael Laitman
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We are a nation that succeeded in overcoming the deepest rifts by uniting above them and not by suppressing all opposing views under one dominant opinion. Moreover, we have succeeded in harnessing our differences for the common good in a…
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When we look at the state of the world, on the one hand, and the state of the Jewish people, who may seem more divided than ever, on the other hand, the natural question that arises is where do we…
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Being a Jew and being “chosen” is not a title of nobility, but rather are definitions of a role of service to others. The Jewish nation was not created for its own sake, but in order to serve as an…
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If we are asked what is the greatest danger to the Jewish people, we may get several answers from antisemitism to assimilation. However, one that cannot be overlooked is the loss of Jewish identity. Many Jews do not understand the…
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If we look into the texts of our sages throughout the ages, we will indeed find that the exodus from Egypt details a process that we, as Jews, went through and are going through again today. If we take time…
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From Rabbi Akiva to Rambam: A History of Love, Conflict and Redemption Throughout the generations, rather than being an amalgamation, the Jewish nation has succumbed to harmful relations, which even our sages had to endure, as evidenced by the following…
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The highest degree of cohesion that the people of Israel achieved was at the time of the First Temple, which King Solomon built after his father, King David, united the kingdom of Israel. To understand the course of events that…
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Disunity based on Jewish self-hatred is at the center of every adversity we Jews have experienced throughout the generations. The fragmentation within us, the Jewish people, has now reached a level that threatens our daily lives and our very existence,…
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Indeed, the phenomenon of Jewish self-hatred has soured our lives. Contrary to what would bring us tranquility as Jewish people, when our relations invert, with unfounded hatred replacing love, then we do not treat each other like other nations treat…
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It is stressed in Sefat Emet: “Israel’s unity induces great salvations and removes all the slanderers.” But when the slanderers are our own Jewish people, it contradicts the call to unity stressed by our sages as our “life insurance” as a…
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Throughout the ages, the outward expressions of that inner, natural hatred that has always haunted the Jews have changed. Regimes and ideologies rose and fell, but antisemitism persists. Each time the excuses for hating Jews become presented in different shapes…
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